In this edition: crowdfunding campaigns aim to raise money for soldiers in Gaza or Ukraine; outrage as a couple abandons a baby with Down's Syndrome; and a mountain bike champ in an impressive display.

Support Israel's Operation Protective Edge or “helping our soldiers” … there are a number of online crowdfunding campaigns now underway, launched early on during the Gaza conflict, raising money for Israeli soldiers. The campaigns were started by Israeli citizens or by members of the army, to help pay for equipment and food for troops on the front line.
Generally speaking they are raising between 2,000 and 5,000 dollars, but some are proving extremely popular. These two fundraising campaigns on the Tilt platform for example have generated some 22,000 and 48,000 dollars respectively. Impressive amounts of money which will be used to give the Israeli soldiers the best resources possible …
They may be somewhat out of the ordinary campaigns but as the “Business Insider” website points out in this article, they don`t break the terms of use for most crowdfunding platforms. The piece explains how there is no law in the US that forbids fundraising for Israel and its defense forces.
And the IDF isn`t the first regular army to benefit from web users` generosity. There have been a number of campaigns in Ukraine over the past few months raising money to help the military resist the pro-Russia separatists. Citizens can make donations to purpose built sites, like "wings-phoenix.org" and "The People`s project". The platforms have been extremely successful raising tens of thousands of dollars for Ukrainian soldiers. 
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